I use to listen to this song and only really pay attention to the "You make me real" part. Definitely love that part, but then I started listening to the rest and began to notice all the automobile imagery..."arching autobahn""Sheila rides""intake eyes""vapor trails""highway".
Made me start thinking that he's singing about a car that allows him to just get away from it all, even if for only a moment. Like riding in that car is what calms and centers him. It's that time that he spends alone, driving down the road at night that gives him the ability to reflect on his life. Could be the hum of the motor or the sound of the wind passing by but being in that car is like a therapy session.
I always get this picture in my head when I listen to this song, of a cherry red car with black racing stripes, convertable, top down driving on a winding road at night with the headlights on and the only other light being the moon.
I'm sure the song is deeper in meaning than that, but that's what I see when I listen to it. Great song, very relaxing.
I use to listen to this song and only really pay attention to the "You make me real" part. Definitely love that part, but then I started listening to the rest and began to notice all the automobile imagery..."arching autobahn""Sheila rides""intake eyes""vapor trails""highway".
Made me start thinking that he's singing about a car that allows him to just get away from it all, even if for only a moment. Like riding in that car is what calms and centers him. It's that time that he spends alone, driving down the road at night that gives him the ability to reflect on his life. Could be the hum of the motor or the sound of the wind passing by but being in that car is like a therapy session.
I always get this picture in my head when I listen to this song, of a cherry red car with black racing stripes, convertable, top down driving on a winding road at night with the headlights on and the only other light being the moon.
I'm sure the song is deeper in meaning than that, but that's what I see when I listen to it. Great song, very relaxing.